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Words with Elise: "Gossip"

Bet you didn't know this meant god-parent.

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So I want to talk about the word gossip, which, when we think about it today, it has a lot of negative connotations. But it’s etymology if actually god-parent. So it suggested a close relationship between, maybe women who weren’t related but were sharing information, intelligence, knowledge. It really wasn’t until the Witchcraze in the 16,…

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